Summary

Jamie’s status at the school skyrockets after the fight with Dobson. Suddenly, he is known. He hears whispers when he walks by, and a girl asks him to the homecoming dance. As punishment for the fight, he is suspended from school functions for a month. Jamie continues to feel isolated, and does not see Charlotte Holmes for days.

One night he hears sounds of panic in the hall outside his dorm room. When he goes out to investigate, he finds a crowd of students and hears that Lee Dobson is dead. Out of the assembled crowd a policeman breaks free and asks to talk to Jamie, but he cannot talk to Jamie without a parent present. They make arrangements to talk the next day. The crowd dissipates, and Jamie decides to talk to Charlotte. He sneaks out and makes for her dorm, almost...